A means to an end is a method for achieving a goal. It forms the basis for instrumentalism and the concept of instrumental value .
Means to an End (and other capitalizations) can also refer to:
Music
Albums
A Means to an End: The Music of Joy Division (1995), stylized END , tribute by various artists.
The Means to an End (1997), EP by Epicure, Australian progressive rock.
A Means to an End (1997), compilation by Voorhees, hardcore punk.
Means to an End (2001), by Farse, English ska-punk.
Means to an End (2005), by Biohazard, American hardcore.
Means to an End (2016) EP by Message to the Masses, American metalcore.
A Means To An End (2022), mixtape by Olivia O'Brien, American singer and songwriter.
Songs
"Means to an End " (1968), from Traffic by Traffic, English rock.
"A Means to an End " (1980), from Closer by Joy Division, English rock.
"Means to an End " (1987), from Know Your Enemy by Lȧȧz Rockit, American thrash metal.
"Means to an End " (1990), from Hellbent on Compromise by Edwyn Collins, Scottish musician.
"Means to an End " (1991), from Toy Box by The Clay People, American rock.
"A Means to an End " (1992), from The World Keeps Turning by Napalm Death, British grindcore.
"Means To An End " (1995), from Guilty by Straight Faced, American rock.
"Means to an End " (2001), from Injuring Yourself Whilst Making Music by Gyroscope, Australian rock.
"Means To An End " (2003), from Welcome to Winners by Lowgold, English indie rock.
"Means to an End " (2004), from Lost in a Garden of Clouds by Alpha, English post-trip hop.
"Means to an End " (2005), from London Hyde Park 1969 , by Blind Faith, English rock.
"Means To An End " (2009), from Move Every Muscle, Make Every Sound by De Novo Dahl, Indie rock.
"Means to an End " (2009), from With Echoes in the Movement of Stone by Minsk, extreme metal.
"Means To An End " (2011), by Trent Dabbs on "The Birthday" from The Vampire Diaries .
"Means to an End " (2012), from True Defiance by Demon Hunter, American Christian metal.
"Means To An End " (2014), from Other World by English singer Peter Hammill and American guitarist Gary Lucas.
"Means to an End " (2015), from Good Intent , by Press to Meco, English alternative rock.
"Means to an End " (2017), from Strength in Numbers by The Haunted, Swedish heavy metal.
"Means to an End " (2020), from Quadra , by Sepultura, Brazilian heavy metal.
Television episodes
"Means to an end " (1960), from Black Saddle , American Western.
"Means to an End " (1962), from BBC Sunday-Night Play , British anthology drama.
"Means to an End " (1977), from Police Woman , NBC American police procedural.
"Means To An End " (1983), from Carson's Law , Australian legal period piece on the Ten Network.
"Means to an End " (1999), from The City , Canadian drama.
"A Means to an End " (2002), from Jeremiah on Showtime, American post-apocalyptic action drama.
"Means to an End " (2002), from Night and Day , British mystery soap opera.
"A Means to an End " (2003) from The Drew Carey Show , American sitcom on ABC.
"Means to an End (2011), from CSI: NY , American police procedural drama.
"A Means to an End " (2013), from Teen Mom 2 , MTV American reality.
"Means to an End " (2016), from Beauty & the Beast , America science fiction police procedural.
"Means to an End " (2016), from NCIS: New Orleans , American police procedural drama.
"Means to an End (2018), from I Am a Killer , a Netflix British crime documentary.
Film
Radio episodes
Literature
Means To An End (1975), novel by Lucy Gillen, Harlequin Romance.
Means to an End (2008), poetry book by Toh Hsien Min, Singaporean.
Means To An End (2009), short story by Loren L. Coleman, American science-fiction writer, in BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction .
Means to an End: U.S. Interest in the International Criminal Court (2009), book by Tod Lindberg, American political expert.
Means to an End: Apoptosis and Other Cell Death Mechanisms (2011), book by Douglas R. Green, American biologist.
Means to an End: U.S. Interest and the International Criminal Court (2009), book by Lee A. Feinstein, American policy-scholar, and former diplomat.
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term